Re: *ap-/*up-/*ip- , rivers in -r, JURA, JARA

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "whetex_lewx" <whetex_lewx@...> wrote:

>
> Have anybody thoughts about Baltic jura - the sea. Also in Baltic
> territory are some hydronyms: rivers Jara, Jura and etc...
>
> Juru'oti - to welter, to wave.
>
> RugiuN laukas juruoja - the field of rye is waving.
>
>

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>>'keskellä järveä' "in the middle of the lake", keski-
> > "middle" in the adessive, järveä inessive of järve "lake).
> > But one might also see keskellä as an adverb "centrally"
> > and järveä as "on the lake".
> >

Finnish, järvi is probably from this source.
Lithuanian, jáura (swamp).

The rest I'll leave to others with some real knowledge.

Peter P